- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) Hawaii
B) mid-oceanic ridge
C) volcano
D) mountain
E) glacier
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) volcanic
B) divergent
C) transform
D) convergent
E) strike-slip
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) Hawaii
B) petroleum
C) diamond
D) trench
E) large volcano
A) large subduction zones
B) large volcanoes
C) large volcanic islands
D) large pieces of floating crust
E) lithospheric zones
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) oceanic, continental
C) Hawaiian, Artic
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) continental, volcanic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) crust
C) core
D) lithosphere
E) volcanoes
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) mantle
C) volcanoes
D) crust
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Panamericanaea
B) Pangaea
C) Artica
D) Hawaiiana
E) Rhodenia
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) blood diamond
B) continental drift
C) tectonic plate
D) subduction zone
E) hot spot
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Lighter
B) Younger
C) Older
D) Prettier
E) Newer
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 0
E) 1
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Francisco
B) San Ramiro
C) San Andrew
D) San Andres
E) San Augustine
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) hot spot
C) convergent
D) volcanic
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) divergence
B) Hot Spot
C) transformance
D) strike-slip spot
E) convergence
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) temperature
B) mass
C) air pressure
D) odor
E) color
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) Lithospheric sources
B) convection currents
C) heat in Earth's core
D) conveyor belts
E) pressure in Earth's crust
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, K, and F
B) P, S, and L
C) V, U, and H
D) P, L, and K
E) S, L, and U
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) fluids and oceans
B) gases and clouds
C) liquids and fluids
D) gases and liquids
E) gases and solids
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